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1:50 PM ET, April 27, 2016

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
It's Trump's Nomination To Lose*  —  Tuesday night went about as well as possible for Donald Trump.  —  Two weeks ago, after a rough stretch of states for Trump, we issued a series of delegate projections that included something called a “path-to-1,237” projection, a set of targets …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Ted Cruz is crumbling before our very eyes  —  MORE FROM:  —  For the past few weeks, Republican campaign professionals and conservatives who are seeing the GOP nomination heading into Donald Trump's hands have been counseling anti-Trump voters not to panic and consoling themselves …
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:   Trump starts spending to end Cruz in Indiana
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Half of Americans think presidential nominating system ‘rigged’ - poll  —  More than half of American voters believe that the system U.S. political parties use to pick their candidates for the White House is “rigged” and more than two-thirds want to see the process changed, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Bernie Sanders:
Sanders Statement on Primary Elections  —  HUNTINGTON, W. Va. - U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday issued the following statement:  —  “I congratulate Secretary Clinton on her victories tonight, and I look forward to issue-oriented campaigns in the 14 contests to come.
William A. Galston / Wall Street Journal:
How Trump Killed Reaganism
Discussion: Points and Figures
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg View:
Trump Can't Beat Clinton. Who Says?
Discussion: Washington Post
WMUR:
WMUR first: Cruz to announce intention to name Fiorina as his running mate  —  Former business executive viewed as a potential asset to Cruz's attempt to wrest nomination from Trump  —  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will announce on Wednesday afternoon that former presidential rival Carly Fiorina …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Cruz to make “major announcement” at 4 p.m.; Update: Fiorina as VP?  —  Hopefully he's planning to announce he's now learned that a “basketball ring” is commonly referred to as a hoop.  Good lord, man.  —  Only two possibilities for what the announcement might be.  One is that he's finally landed Mike Pence's endorsement.
Ashley Feinberg / Gawker:
Ted Cruz Desecrates Classic Movie Scene By Calling Hoop a “Basketball Ring”  —  While stumping in Indiana tonight, Ted Cruz attempted to recreate a classic scene from Hoosiers in the very same gym in which part of the movie (thought not this particular scene) was filmed.
Associated Press:
Trump's big speech tests his foreign policy and style  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's highly anticipated foreign policy speech Wednesday will test whether the Republican presidential front-runner, known for his raucous rallies and eyebrow-raising statements, can present a more presidential persona …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
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Reuters:
Trump vows to improve relations with Russia, China if elected U.S. president
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Guardian
CNN:
Donald Trump's foreign policy: ‘America first’
Discussion: twitchy.com
Daniel Bethencourt / Detroit Free Press:
Saying ‘vagina’ got me fired, Battle Creek middle school teacher says  —  Vagina.  It's a noun describing female anatomy that caused such outrage in the Michigan Legislature in 2012 that a legislator was blocked from speaking after using it.  —  Now, a substitute teacher says using it got …
Discussion: Althouse and Raw Story
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Alex Zielinski / ThinkProgress:   Teacher Says She Was Fired For Saying The Word ‘Vagina’
Nicky Zizaza / WWMT-TV:
W. Mich. substitute teacher fired for using anatomical word during lesson
Discussion: The Daily Caller and EAGnews.org
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Hastert sentenced to 15 months in prison  —  CHICAGO — U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin has sentenced former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert to 15 months in prison, calling him a “serial child molester,” and ignoring the defense's request for no prison time.
Discussion: The Week
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Pat Peterson / WKRG-TV:
Foley Plane Crash Caught on Camera  —  FOLEY, AL-  —  Surveillance video from a Foley business captured incredible images of a plane crash near the city's airport.  —  The crash happened south of the airport off Hickory Street Tuesday afternoon.  A Cessna 421 Twin Engine clipped a few trees over business
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Here Are All The Sexist Things Donald Trump Said About Hillary Clinton Wednesday Morning  —  At the very end of a news conference commemorating his absurdly dominant Tuesday night performance, Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of playing “the women's card” and said, “If [she] were a man …
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Mary Pat Christie throws some shade during Trump's speech
John Santucci / ABC News:
After 5 State Sweep, Trump Turns His Attention to Clinton
The White House / Medium:
Asked and Answered: President Obama Responds to an Eight-Year-Old Girl from Flint  —  At eight years old, Mari Copeny—known around town as “Little Miss Flint”—wrote to President Obama last month from her home in Flint, Michigan to share how she is working to bring attention to the public health crisis in her community.
Julia Ioffe / GQ:
Melania Trump on Her Rise, Her Family Secrets, and Her True Political Views: “Nobody Will Ever Know”  —  How does a shy ex-model make her way from Slovenia to, just maybe, the White House?  To Melania Trump—and to the people who know her back home—her journey to marrying The Donald is like a fairy tale …
Baltimore Sun:
Van Hollen wins testy race for Mikulski's seat … Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a seven-term congressman who has risen rapidly through the ranks of the Democratic leadership in Washington, won the party's nomination for Maryland's open Senate seat Tuesday.  —  The son of a Baltimore family …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The Democratic Establishment strikes back in the Acela Primary
fsis.usda.gov:
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. Recalls Poultry Products Due To Possible Foreign Matter Contamination  —  Class I Recall  —  027-2016 EXP  —  Health Risk: High … Pilgrim's Pride Corp., a Waco, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 4,568,080 pounds of fully cooked chicken products …
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
Sci-Fi's Hugo Awards Swept by Anti-SJW Authors — Again!  —  For the second year in a row, nominations for the prestigious Hugo Awards for science fiction & fantasy have been swept by the Sad Puppies & Rabid Puppies, two groups of authors and fans who oppose left-wing domination of the community.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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David Barnett / Guardian:
Hugo awards shortlist dominated by rightwing campaign
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump's sweep is another humiliating defeat for media and political elites  —  Donald Trump's sweeping victories Tuesday night move the Manhattan billionaire a step closer to winning the Republican nomination for president and to pulling off the most improbable political feat in modern American history.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
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Discussion: Talking Points Memo, KTLA and Raw Story
Matt Ford / The Atlantic:
The Racist Roots of Virginia's Felon Disenfranchisement
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In state after state, strong GOP support for Trump's Muslim proposal
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Cult of Sore Losers
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